Types of liver transplants:
(1) cadaveric whole liver
(2) cadaveric partial liver (left lobe, right lobe, segments 2 and 3)
(3) liver donor partial liver
Post-transplant biliary complications:
(1) bile leakage (from anastomosis, missed hepatic duct branch, leakage around T-tube, after removal of T-tube)
(2) anastomostic stricture
Risk factors for biliary complications:
(1) preoperative serum bilirubin (risk increases with increasing serum bilirubin level)
(2) biliary anastomosis using a stent or T-tube splinting
(3) use of a live donor liver graft
Mortality associated with biliary leakage may be direct, or indirect "owing to radiological intervention."
